I Hope I Never

"I Hope I Never"
Single by Split Enz
from the album True Colours
B-side
  • "Hypnotised"
  • "Carried Away"
ReleasedMay 1980
RecordedArmstrong, Melbourne, 1979
GenreRock
Length3:56
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Tim Finn
Producer(s)David Tickle
Split Enz singles chronology
"I Got You"
(1980) 		"I Hope I Never"
(1980) 		"Nobody Takes Me Seriously"
(1980)
Alternative covers
Alternative cover

"I Hope I Never" is a 1980 song by New Zealand art rock band Split Enz and is the second single from their sixth studio album True Colours. It went to number 33 in New Zealand, number 30 in the Netherlands and number 18 in Australia.

Track listings

Australian release

Side A
  1. "I Hope I Never" – 3:56 (Tim Finn)
Side B
  1. "Hypnotised" (Tim Finn)
  2. "Carried Away" (Neil Finn)

International release

It was released in the US and in the Netherlands with the same track listing, but different artwork.

  1. "I Hope I Never" – 3:56 (Tim Finn)
  2. "The Choral Sea" – 4:38 (Eddie Rayner)

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